Gaza

Ukraine's patriarch denounces Russian rocket strike on children's hospital

a russian missile attack which hit a kyiv children’s hospital is “a sin that cries to heaven for vengeance”, ukraine's top catholic leader h...

Holy Family parish school hit by Israeli military in Gaza

there are reports that the school next to the catholic parish of the holy family in northern gaza has been hit by the israeli military. the ...

Islam in British democracy and the dangers to our Jewish neighbours

for the first time, this 4 july a british general election will be fought in part over islamic ideology. there are currently four constituen...

Christian community in Gaza now under 'real' risk of complete 'disappearance'

there is something of the friar tuck about fr gabriel romanelli. he is a rotund and balding argentinian who exudes infectious joy. he is ble...

Hallowed in the womb: John the Baptist represents the whole history of Israel

the nativity of st john the baptist falls on june 24. almost every sermon on this occasion remarks that it is an unusual thing to celebrate ...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Pax Christi USA wins inaugural Dorothy Day Peacemaker Award

nearly 50 years after dorothy day spoke at pax christi usa’s first conference in 1973, the organisation has been awarded the inaugural dorot...

A busy week in Rome: World Children's Day, China, Palestine and a distinct lack of taxis

rome – sometimes a week on the vatican beat doesn’t offer up one grand narrative, but instead supplies a series of vignettes illustrating th...

The Acts of the Spirit: A dramatic sequel to the Gospels, with St Stephen to the fore

throughout the easter season we read large chunks of the acts of the apostles, and this month we celebrate two of the events related therein...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Israel objects to Catholic 'moral blindness' to Hamas terror

rome – just as israel continues to deploy its military “hard power” on the gaza strip, defying international pressure to back down, so too i...

Israel protests talk of Gaza ‘genocide’ by Nobel Prize winner during Vatican event

rome – in the latest episode of tension between israel and the vatican over the conflict in gaza, israel’s embassy to the holy see issued a ...